Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on split site funding for schools.

The split sites factor in the schools national funding formula (NFF) allocates additional funding for schools operating across multiple sites. The split sites factor was formularised in 2024/25, ensuring that funding is allocated consistently and fairly across the country, and that all eligible split site schools receive funding towards the additional costs they face from operating across multiple separate sites.

In 2025/26, the schools NFF allocates a £54,000 lump sum payment for each of a school’s additional eligible sites, up to a maximum of three additional sites. On top of that, schools whose sites are separated by more than 100 metres will receive distance funding. The distance funding varies depending on how far apart the sites are, up to a maximum of £27,000 for sites which are at least 500 metres away from the main site. In the 2025/26 NFF, the department allocated a total of £35 million through the split sites factor to 443 schools.